Book description
Like Fuentes's masterpiece THE DEATH OF ARTEMIO CRUZ, the action in
this new novel begins in the state of Veracruz and moves to Mexico City.
Now the principal figure Fuentes's first female protagonist, the
extraordinary Laura Daz. From 1905 to 1978 Fuentes traces Laura Daz; a
life filled with a multitude of witty, heartbreaking scenes and the
sounds and colours, tastes and scents of Mexico. Laura grows into a
politically committed artist who is also a wife and mother, a lover of
great men, and a complicated and alluring heroine whose bravery prevails
despite her losing a brother, son, and grandson to the darkest forces of
Mexico's turbulent, often corrupt politics. Hers is a life which has
helped to affect the course of history, and it is the story of a woman
who has loved and understood with unflinching honesty. 'an admirable
novel' The Times 'In this portrait of men and women swept along by great
events, and determined to be on the side of the angels, Fuentes has
invested the often colourless world of politics with romantic ardour'
Sunday Telegraph Like Fuentes's masterpiece THE DEATH OF ARTEMIO CRUZ,
the action in this new novel begins in the state of Veracruz and moves
to Mexico City. Now the principal figure Fuentes's first female
protagonist, the extraordinary Laura Daz. From 1905 to 1978 Fuentes
traces Laura Daz; a life filled with a multitude of witty, heartbreaking
scenes and the sounds and colours, tastes and scents of Mexico. Laura
grows into a politically committed artist who is also a wife and mother,
a lover of great men, and a complicated and alluring heroine whose
bravery prevails despite her losing a brother, son, and grandson to the
darkest forces of Mexico's turbulent, often corrupt politics. Hers is a
life which has helped to affect the course of history, and it is the
story of a woman who has loved and understood with unflinching honesty.
